30.9.12

Geographical Sources (maps, atlas, gazetteers, travel guides)

National Geographic Society Map Machine

The MapMachine provides in one site a gazetteer, an atlas, and the creation of interactive maps. Map users may search by place with the results presented on a map, or they can zoom in on a world map to locate the desired spot or region.

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps


Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

"Includes collection of online CIA and historical maps. Worldwide coverage, with a focus on United States and Texas maps. FAQ and links to maps at other sites."

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

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General Science


"Award winning periodic table, with user-friendly element data and facts. Cool, online chemistry videos, dictionary, tools and forum."
http://www.chemicool.com/



"The Biology Project, an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona. The Biology Project is fun, richly illustrated, and tested on 1000s of students. It has been designed for biology students at the college level, but is useful for high school students, medical students, physicians, science writers, and all types of interested people." 
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/DEFAULT.html

The geee! in genome

"A site for students about genomics. The cell, heredity and reproduction, cloning and more. How genetic research is used to diagnose and treat diseases. Online games and activities. Glossary. Teacher's page."
http://nature.ca/genome/index_e.cfm



"The Physics Classroom is an online, free-to-use physics website developed primarily for high school physics students and teachers. The website features a variety of sections intended to support both teachers and students in the tasks of learning and teaching physics."
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/

Math.com

"Math.com is dedicated to providing revolutionary ways for students, parents, teachers, and everyone to learn math. Combining educationally sound principles with proprietary technology, Math.com offers a unique experience that quickly guides the user to the solutions they need and the products they want. "
http://math.com/
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29.9.12

Filipiniana Sources

Filipiniana.net

"Filipiniana.net is a full-featured digital library and a research portal that gathers the most important and significant documents and artifacts on Philippine Studies and makes them available on the Internet for free. It has one of the widest and most comprehensive collections of Filipiniana books and documents spanning the Hispanic era to the contemporary period, categorized under history, culture, religion, literature, science, economy, society, and government."
http://filipiniana.net/


E-turo

"E-turo, a play on the words 'electronic' and 'turo' (meaning teach) is a network of free and open educational resources. Filipino teachers and learners can share and customize E-turo content for their own use. E-turo covers basic education, alternative education, and continuing education."
http://e-turo.org/


Project Gutenburg of the Philippines (PGPH)

It aims to make as many books available to as many people as possible, with a special focus on the Philippines and Philippine languages.
http://www.gutenberg.ph/books.php


WikiPilipinas

“WikiPilipinas is an online, free content encyclopedia on the Philippines. WikiPilipinas features encyclopedic articles covering its 12 Main Portals, namely; Government and Politics, Philippine History, Media and Entertainment, Culture and Arts, People and Society, Business and Economy, Geography and Travel, Philippine Communities, Religion and Beliefs, Science and Technology, and Sports and Leisure. In addition, the encyclopedia also has portals on special topics such as Philippine Music, Native Cuisine, Traditional Filipino Games, and many more.“
http://www.wikipilipinas.org/
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28.9.12

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia.com

"Free access to reference works such as The Columbia Encyclopedia, Oxford's World Encyclopedia, and the Encyclopedia of World Biography and many others. Contains free citations and excerpts to periodical articles. You have to pay money to read full text of articles."
http://encyclopedia.com/


Scholarpedia

"Scholarpedia is a peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written and maintained by scholarly experts from around the world. Scholarpedia is inspired by Wikipedia and aims to complement it by providing in-depth scholarly treatments of academic topics."
http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Main_Page


The Encyclopedia of Earth

"A comprehensive, authoritative, and thorough resource all about our Earth and relationship to it. Articles written by experts and scholars"
http://www.eoearth.org/


Wikipedia

"Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project based on an openly editable model."
http://www.wikipedia.org/


WikiPilipinas

“WikiPilipinas is an online, free content encyclopedia on the Philippines. WikiPilipinas features encyclopedic articles covering its 12 Main Portals, namely; Government and Politics, Philippine History, Media and Entertainment, Culture and Arts, People and Society, Business and Economy, Geography and Travel, Philippine Communities, Religion and Beliefs, Science and Technology, and Sports and Leisure. In addition, the encyclopedia also has portals on special topics such as Philippine Music, Native Cuisine, Traditional Filipino Games, and many more.“
http://www.wikipilipinas.org/
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25.9.12

Electronic Books (eBooks)

Bibliomania
A free online literature with more than 2000 classic texts.
http://www.bibliomania.com/

Digital Book Index
Provides links to more than 139,000 full text digital books from more than 1800 commercial and non commercial publishers, universities and various private sites.
http://www.digitalbookindex.org/about.htm


E-books directory
This is a daily growing list of freely downloadable ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet. You can submit and promote your own ebooks, add comments on already posted books or just browse through the directory and download anything you need.
http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/


Internet Archive 
The Internet Archive is a non-profit organization that was founded to build an Internet library. The Internet Archive is working to prevent the Internet - a new medium with major historical significance - and other "born-digital" materials from disappearing into the past.
http://archive.org/details/texts


National Academies Press

Read more than 3,000 books online for free. Covers subjects on Engineering & Technology, Health & Medicine, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Energy conservation, Food & Nutrition etc.
http://www.nap.edu/topics.php?browse=1


Project Gutenberg
The first and oldest producer of free electronic books.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page


Tech Books

This site provides technology books free for download. Mostly subjects on science & technology.
http://www.techbooksforfree.com/


World Public Library 
The WPLD Collection shelves more than 2,000,000 + PDF e-books in 100+ languages containing 125 of the finest eBooks and eDocument published on the Internet today.
http://worldpubliclibrary.org/Default.aspx
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Electronic News Sources

Local news sources:

Philippine Daily Inquirer
http://www.inquirer.net/


Philippine Star
http://www.philstar.com/


Manila Bulletin
http://www.mb.com.ph/


Foreign news sources:

Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/


International Herald Tribune
http://global.nytimes.com/?iht


The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/index.html


BBC News Online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/


CNN News Online
http://edition.cnn.com/



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24.9.12

Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Free online dictionary, thesaurus, spanish-english and medical dictionaries, audio pronunciations, Word of the Day, word games, and many more.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/


OneLook Dictionary

OneLook indexes hundreds of online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sites. Searches different online resources at a time. It also provides reverse dictionary, meaning, user can provide different terms related to just one term and OneLook searches its index to provide the term user is looking for.
http://www.onelook.com/


Dictionary.com

Largest free dictionary and trusted online dictionary. Users can quickly find accurate definition, audio pronounciations, and subscribe to word of the day via email.

http://dictionary.reference.com/


Macmillan Dictionary
An online dictionary, regularly updated and with integration of thesaurus in the entries.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/
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Currency Conversion

Philippines Currency Converter

Coverts Philippine currency to major foreign currency at existing market rates.
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/asia/philippines/currency-philippines/


OANDA Currency Converter

"This currency site provides free exchange of currency information, currency tools and low cost forex trading compiled from leading market data contributors."
http://www.oanda.com/


XE Currency Encyclopedia

"The XE Currency Encyclopedia offers currency rates, forex news, and facts for every world currency like the US Dollar and the Euro. You can also learn about services available for each currency like money transfers and currency data feeds."
http://www.xe.com/currency/?currency=

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Calendars

Calendars Through the Ages

Provides history of calendars, from ancient Rome to outer space. Explanations on how the week and year came to be. There also various calendars from different cultures including Chinese, Christian, Indian, Islamic, Jewish, etc.

http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/index.html


CalendarHome.com

Anything and everything about calendar on the Internet. Users can print photo calendars, customize own calendars with own events, convert calendars, and has printable perpetual calendar charts.
http://calendarhome.com/


VPCalendar.net

"Learn more about holiday dates, days between dates, historical calendars, and future calendars. See what day of the week your birthday will be on as far out as 50 years from now. Also find many time management tips and so much more."

http://vpcalendar.net/
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23.9.12

Biographical Sources

Biography.com

This is a free online source of biographical information of notable personalities in history but majority of the entries are contemporary individuals from the movie industry. Videoclips are also available for viewing as this is maintained by a television network.

http://www.biography.com/


Invent Now

Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.

http://www.invent.org/



Encyclopedia of World Biography 

"A multicultural biographical source that covers notable individuals from every part of the world and from all time periods who have made significant contributions to human culture."

http://www.notablebiographies.com/


 

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22.9.12

Almanacs, Yearbooks and Handbooks

InfoPlease

This is a free, authoritative reference site which features an encyclopedia, atlas, dictionary & thesaurus and facts and stats on the U.S., world, government, and many more.

http://www.infoplease.com/


The Old Farmer's Almanac

"The Old Farmer's Almanac is a reference that contains weather forecasts, tide tables, planting charts, astronomical data, recipes, and articles on a number of topics including gardening, sports, astronomy and farming. The book also features anecdotes and a section that predicts trends in fashion, food, home décor, technology and living for the coming year."

http://www.almanac.com/


 The World Factbook (CIA World Factbook)

"The World Factbook is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with almanac-style information about the countries of the world. It provides a two- to three-page summary of the demographics, geography, communications, government, economy, and military of 267 entities including U.S.-recognized countries, dependencies, and other areas in the world."

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


Acronym Finder

"The Acronym Finder is a searchable database of abbreviations and acronyms. Acronym Finder adds more than 5,000 new acronym and abbreviation definitions to its database each month. Every term is reviewed for accuracy, verified from multiple sources, categorized, and edited by an experienced human editor."

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

 

Abbreviations

"Abbreviations.com is the world's largest and most comprehensive directory and search engine for acronyms, abbreviations and initialisms on the Internet. Abbreviations.com holds hundreds of thousands of entries organized by a large variety of categories from computing and the Web to governmental, medicine and business and it is expanding daily."

http://www.abbreviations.com/

 


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